In this old time radio series, Norris Goff was Abner Peabody, and Chester Lauck was Lum Edwards… the owners and operators of Pine Ridge's own "Jot 'em Down Store." The Lum and Abner show was fifteen minutes that took us to back to the feeling of a rural America before music, radio and such made peace and quiet seem downright odd. For a general store, the "Jot 'em Down" was rarely bustling, so the silence was taken up with the events of the moment.
Intro music sets the stage, and we might be sitting by the cracker barrel, ready to "ketch up" on what Lum or Abner are up to…A quick scan of the show titles tells you this show was filled with funny episodes. It was, and some developed over days or even weeks
Amos and Andy, as played by Gosden and Correll were the direct predecessors of Lum and Abner, as Goff and Lauck did "blackface" comedy at first. But that comedy market, hard to believe today, was glutted with 'wannabe's," so they switched to the Lum and Abner "idee." An essential part of both shows is the no-audience first-person approach to story telling.
While Amos and Andy moved to Harlem, for years Lum and Abner changed "nary a thing"…until in '48, the show went to a half-hour, got a live audience and visiting star, an orchestra, and flopped. The boys did seven movies, too…even did one called "Lum and Abner Abroad." But it was in the "Jot 'em Down" with Lum and Abner just talking that the listening public really wanted to be. In its own way, Lum and Abner presented a perfect, and perfectly funny, little world of its own. It is pure storytelling, with plots that are always mischievous, and often bordered on the tall tale.
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Please enjoy these 1801 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04.26.1943 | lum and abner (0397) proposing to charity |
+ Program #399. Blue Network. The jot 'Em Down Store regulars prepare Grandpappy Spears for his big... | |
| 04.27.1943 | lum and abner (0398) grandpap's memory restored |
+ Program #400. Blue Network. At the wedding of Aunt Charity and Grandppay Spears, Cedric hits Bust... | |
| 04.28.1943 | lum and abner (0399) rubber formula on wall |
+ Program #401. Blue Network. While trying to remember the secret formula for synthetic rubber, Gra... | |
| 04.29.1943 | lum and abner (0400) plans for rubber factory |
+ Program #402. Blue Network. Lum reveals his grandiose plans for his factory to make synthetic rub... | |
| 05.03.1943 | lum and abner (0401) synthetic rubber worthless |
+ Program #403. Blue Network. A letter arrives from the chemical company, and the news isn't too go... | |
| 05.04.1943 | lum and abner (0402) war bond staff chairman |
+ Program #404. Blue Network. Lum has big plans for the Pine Ridge war bond drive, or at least his ... | |
| 05.05.1943 | lum and abner (0403) business meeting |
+ Program #405. Blue Network. Who will be the chief co-chairman of the war bond committee? There is... | |
| 05.06.1943 | lum and abner (0404) teaching about inflation |
+ Program #406. Blue Network. The gang down at the Jot 'Em Down Store is rehearsing Lum's play abou... | |
| 05.10.1943 | lum and abner (0405) neosho the mind reader |
+ Program #407. Blue Network. Lum asks Squire Skimp's advice about how to get an entertainer to hel... | |
| 05.11.1943 | lum and abner (0406) tent for fortune teller |
+ Program #408. Blue Network. Abner needs some help holding up a tent for the fortune teller. | |
| 05.12.1943 | lum and abner (0407) neosho doesn't show |
+ Program #409. Blue Network. The fortune teller hired by Squire Skimp has been arrested in Little ... | |
| 05.13.1943 | lum and abner (0408) abner subs for neosho |
+ Program #410. Blue Network. Abner becomes "Neosho The Mystic" when the fortune teller fails to ap... | |
| 05.17.1943 | lum and abner (0409) fortune teller abner |
+ Program #411. Blue Network. Abner, as "Neosho The Mystic," has told both the widow Abernathy and ... | |
| 05.18.1943 | lum and abner (0410) try to get out of dinner |
+ Program #412. Blue Network. Sister Simpson gets Lum on the phone and is determined to invite him ... | |
| 05.19.1943 | lum and abner (0411) lum's troubles known |
+ Program #413. Blue Network. The whole town's talking about Lum's romance with Sister Simpson and ... | |
| 05.20.1943 | lum and abner (0412) selling lots of war bonds |
+ Blue Network. The election to determine Lum's new wife is selling a lot of war bonds. | |
| 05.24.1943 | lum and abner (0413) election may be good |
+ Program #415. Blue Network. The contest to elect a wife for Lum continues...much to Lum's discomf... | |
| 05.25.1943 | lum and abner (0414) relatives arrive in town |
+ Program #416. Blue Network. Relatives of Sister Simpson arrive from Hatfield. Relatives from the ... | |
| 05.26.1943 | lum and abner (0415) relatives use vacant lot |
+ Program #417. Blue Network. The relatives have set up camp outside the store, playing horseshoes ... | |
| 05.27.1943 | lum and abner (0416) fictional third woman |
+Program #418. Blue Network. Squire Skimp has an idea to help Lum. He suggests they invent a third ... | |
| 05.31.1943 | lum and abner (0417) biography of mystery woman |
+ Program #419. Blue Network. Lum describes the fictitious Mabel Melrose. | |
| 06.01.1943 | lum and abner (0418) lum uses psychology |
+ Program #420. Blue Network. Lum has an idea: convince the widow Abernathy that she can't possibly... | |
| 06.02.1943 | lum and abner (0419) mabel melrose shows up |
+ Program #421. Blue Network. Lum prepares to leave town rather than marry Sister Simpson. The cont... | |
| 06.03.1943 | lum and abner (0420) mabel wants to claim prize |
+ Program #422. Blue Network. Abner makes an announcement about collecting fats and grease for the ... | |
| 06.07.1943 | lum and abner (0421) mabel to leave town |
+ Program #423. Blue Network. Abner plans to charge war bond admissions to Lum's wedding. Mabel wil... |
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